Disruption of thermogenic predated the divergence of pigs and peccaries.

Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) governs non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue. It has been estimated that pigs lost ∼20 million years ago (MYA), dictating cold intolerance among piglets. Our current understanding of the root causes of loss are, however, incomplete.

Microfluidics-enabled acceleration of Fenton oxidation for degradation of organic dyes with rod-like zero-valent iron nanoassemblies.

The advent of microfluidic technology brings new tools and insights to a wide range of applications across chemical and biomedical engineering. In this study, we first demonstrate the development of rod-like zero-valent iron (rZVI) multistack nanoassemblies and examine their superior catalytic capability with microfluidic on-chip platform. rZVI having an average dimension of 27 nm in diameter and 98 nm in length is easily synthesized during the reduction of ferric chloride by sodium borohydride with ethanol as the solvent.